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Re:Thinking will become a hobby on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @05:22AM (#50068924)
You can have trade between economic entities that are not human. You can have trade between corporations, trade between governments, trade between robots. Trade just depends on the two entities having different things of value to exchange.
For a superb video explaining what the AGC did and what WENT WRONG during the moon landing including the error codes:l, see: https://youtu.be/B1J2RMorJXM?si=Ad1UYojAtee2ktr3
Re:Moving Scratch generation to Python on browser on Sunday January 11, 2026 @09:56PM (#46583455)
Looks fantastic.
There are topics, pictures and instructions that are not suitable for 11 year olds but are for adults. Consider the wiki entries on certain matters of extreme violence, ideology or adult culture.
What is the character of the puzzles? Is there a variety?
Looks cool. What ages is the plaintext content suitable for?
Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @06:18AM (#41577923)
This military response was the opposite of indiscriminate. It was proportionate and targeted. It focussed as best as anyone ever could on the precise set of people who (hiding among their own civilians) have been launching hundreds of inaccurate rockets to kill Israeli civilians - for months.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abductive_reasoning

Is abductive inference synonymous with bayesian inference?

I agree. As a Nest user, I am astonished at how low the bounty is.
Sentence diagramming puzzle app on iOS. (Note: Puzzles not an auto-solver).

https://apps.apple.com/au/app/sengram-sentence-diagramming/i...

(FYI: I am the developer).

Re:Finding New Pastures: Big Nerd Ranch's Next Chapter on Sunday June 16, 2024 @05:01AM (#40695684)
Sad to see them gone. Are there any Swift/Swift UI 1–5 day Bootcamps anywhere in the world that can be recommended?
This is very interesting to read. I am in Australia and quite interested in this investment thesis although I’m not an investment professional. What are the best things to read about the demand Supply mismatch?
Came here to make sure that Art of problem-solving and beast Academy are mentioned. They are fantastic. My son is deep into art of problem-solving after having finished beast Academy.
Re:Flemish Proverbs by Jan Wierix (ca. 1568) on Sunday March 17, 2024 @06:21PM (#39738599)
I think the second mocks the inclination of humans to reflexively admire everything that high status (ie rich) people do or say. It is similar to this amusing Yiddish saying: https://www.yiddishwit.com/gallery/sing.html
Https:\\Scratch.mit.edu

Show HN: Script to Limit kids’ Minecraft Screentime on Apple Mac to X minutes.

https://github.com/soferio/minertimer

It is not possible to use Apple’s screentime facility to limit children’s use of Minecraft (Java edition) on an Apple Mac. Here are some scripts that should enable the kind of sophisticated parents that are on this site to limit their children’s Minecraft usage.

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Re:Gifted Children, by Leta Hollingworth (1926) on Sunday January 07, 2024 @10:47AM (#38902163)
Re:6502 Apple II Merlin assembler web app on Sunday January 07, 2024 @10:39AM (#38902084)
And nice online course here run on it: https://youtu.be/XHX_Zq90zJc?feature=shared
Re:New study disproves Leonardo da Vinci's 'rule of trees' on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @08:23PM (#37591787)
I have been looking at trees my entire life, and never thought to even think about this “plumbing” ratio. What a lovely example of how Leonardo combined mathematics and observations.
Re:PrivateGPT on Monday May 22, 2023 @12:10AM (#36027356)
Anyone got it working on an M1 with 8gb?
Re:Iceland long term visa for remote workers on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @08:44PM (#35350418)
Is schooling in English in Iceland? Are there international schools?
Re:Iceland long term visa for remote workers on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @08:42PM (#35350405)
Would this work for Australians given the you-don’t-need-a-Schengen-visa requirement?
Re:Previous: A NeXT Computer Emulator on Monday March 20, 2023 @03:54PM (#35237652)
https://youtu.be/BpMODQBdTBE

Retrospective partly about NeXt with Steve Jobs.

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